Women sex workers of Ahmednagar have contributed to help people in every catastrophe for the last 25 years, which includes 1993 serial blasts in Mumbai, 2001 Gujarat earthquake, Kargil war, for tsunami victims, drought in Maharashtra and Uttarakhand landslide calamity last year, Suman said.

"Women here fight for their rights but they are equally responsible towards their duties and each time whenever there has been a disaster, they have contributed.

Last year, they had raised Rs 1 lakh for Uttarakhand victims," she added. As many as 200 workers have raised the money bycontributing from their pay.